Like airline food? Service wings it to your door each week

Travel & Tourism

Germany's Air Food One is a subscription service that lets anyone get airline meals delivered to their home once a week.

Airline food, especially in economy class, has a bad reputation, although part of its tastelessness can be attributed to the desensitization of the tastebuds at 30,000 feet. Back on the ground, its full flavor can be enjoyed and we've even seen Arlanda Foodtrucks offer up airport food on the street. Now Germany's Air Food One is a subscription service that lets anyone get airline meals delivered to their home once a week.

Offered by online grocery Allyouneed.com, members can choose between two options — classic or vegetarian — just like on a real flight. The service has teamed up with LSG Sky Chefs, which provides airline food for Lufthansa, to prepare a different meal each week that matches the business class menu on airplanes. For example, this week it's serving Arabic seafood or panserotti with porcini mushrooms. The meals are delivered every Wednesday evening and are suitable for freezing. When it comes time to cook, members can simply place the meal in the oven. The idea is that the healthy subscription meals can be ordered by busy professionals who would otherwise be ordering a takeaway. Additionally, the service lets LSG Sky Chefs get rid of the excess meals not needed by its flying customers, avoiding waste and acting as an advertisement for its food quality.

Currently available only in Germany, each meal costs EUR 9.99 per meal, or EUR 8.99 for the vegetarian option, and can be ordered for as many weeks in advance as the user wants. Are there other catering services that could ensure their excess meals get eaten?